Semana 88

Hi everyone! I hope you`ve all had a great week! We`re doing good here in Riobamba!

M is progressing well and came to church yesterday. Also B, the mom of a return missionary came and she liked church and we`re hoping that she can progress and get baptized. 

We`ve been finding a lot more investigators and starting to see fruits of our work, so we`re really excited for that. We taught a new investigator named J. He`s really good! We showed him the new Easter video `Because He Lives` and he really liked it. The spirit was strong when we showed it. He believes in God but has lived a life separated from God and wants to learn more about Jesus Christ and gain a personal relationship with God. He`s really excited to learn more and to start praying. We`re hoping that this week he will be able to asist church. 

Next week we have transfers and it will be my last transfer. I want to train a new missionary this next transfer. 

Well that`s about it for this week. Have a great week and stay safe and I`ll hear from you all next week! 

-Elder Gomez

Amo ser misionero :)

Semana 87

Hi everyone! I hope you´re all doing good! We´re doing good here in Riobamba!

M asisted church yesterday and will be getting baptized in May. He´s excited for his baptism and we´re happy to see his progress. It´s been hard to teach him though, since he´s going to Quito evey week and gets back for the weekends in time for church. So that makes it kind of hard. We had two less actives in church this week (the family V and family S) as well as F who is also less active. So we´re really excited for that. Church attendance is also increasing and we´ve been hearing that there are plans to split the district and form new branches.

Well that´s about all for this week. Hope you have a great week and be safe and I hope to hear from you all next week! 

-Elder Gomez 

Amo ser misionero :)

Semana 86

Hi everyone! I hope you´re having a great week! We´re doing good here in Riobamba!

We´ve been working hard and we´ve been finding some new investigators. A member gave us a referral for his family who listened to the missionaries and asisted church years ago but were never baptized. They really like our message and want to learn more and remember all that they learned a long time ago.

I´ve had to learn a lot about patience this week and learn more that all things work out in the due time of the Lord. I know that God is in charge of this work and that he helps us so that we can have success. I know that this church is true and that Jesus Christ lives and loves each and every one of us.

Have a great week and be safe this week!

-Elder Gomez

Amo ser misionero :)

Semana 85

Hi everyone! I hope everything is doing good for you all. We are doing good here in Riobamba.

General Conference was awesome this week! I learned so much. General conference has a lot more importance to me now, and I learned a lot of things. Mostly about what I can do to be a better leader in the mission, and a better disciple of Christ. I hope you all study the talks when they put them online and in the liahona. 

We don´t have very many investigators right now, but we´re looking and we´ve found a few that seem good that we´re going to work with. M came to church though and he´s still excited to learn more and for his baptism. 

Easter was great as well. On Friday we ate the fanesca which is the traditional easter soup they eat every year in Ecuador. It has a ton of grains and beans and fish, but it´s really good. Most of the missionaries don´t like it though. I like it but it fills you up fast!

Well that´s all for this week. Hope you have a great week and be safe and I hope to hear from you all next week! Chao!

-Elder Gomez

Amo ser misionero :)

Semana 84

Hi everyone! I hope you´re having a great week. We´re doing great here in Riobamba! It´s awesome here and I´m happy to be here.

This week I reach 21 months!

We asist in a branch and asistance this week was about 62 which is very little. My goal is to by three months have regular asistance of about 90 to 100. We´re going to work really to make it work out. 

We have an investigator progresing. His name is M. He is has already been coming to church for a while and studies a ton about the church on the internet and scriptures and has a huge desire to be baptized. He can´t yet though because he wants to wait for his daughter to come back to Spain to see him get baptized. She gets back the first week of May so he´ll get baptized May 2nd. Which the zone leaders interviewed him a while ago and said that´s all okay. 

That´s about all for this week. I hope you have a great week and stay safe and I hope to hear from you all next week.

Chao!

-Elder Gomez

Amo ser misionero :)

Semana 83

Hi everyone! I hope you`re doing good. We`re are doing great here!

We had tranfers and I got transfered to Riobamba! in the Branch Los Alamos! It was sad to leave Ambato, but I`m excited to work in Riobamba and knowing that this is my last sector, I want to work as hard as I can here and in 12 weeks (two transfers) feel satisfied with what I`ve done here. Riobamba is a district but President has a lot of plans and visions for Riobamba and hopes that it can soon become a stake.

As for Ambato, we had four investigators in church yesterday. The family C asisted and we`re hoping that all works out for their baptism on the 4th of April. L, the mom of the two kids we baptized this change also asisted but doesn`t have a fecha. We also had Pablo asist who we found this week. He has a strong desire to follow Christ but has had some challenges in his life. He likes what we teach, but has a bit of a challenge accepting Joseph Smith. 

Well that`s all for this week. Hope you have a great week and be safe and I hope to hear from you next week!

-Elder Gomez

Amo ser misionero :)

Semana 82

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great week! We´re doing good here in Ambato!!

We had stake conference yesterday and it was great! Four men from our ward were ordainded to the Melquisedec priesthood and that excited me a lot. We´re seeing a lot of changes in this ward and it´s headed in the right direction. Church asistance is also increasing and the ward is a lot more stronger now. Something that I´ve come to understand recently is that the most important thing in missionary work is bring souls to Christ and help establish the church and strengthen the wards and branches. If we baptize or reactivate a lot, then that means that asistance should go up and also have more men receiving the priesthood and more people renewing their convenants each week. If that doesn´t happen, then it´s not real growth and it´s just numbers. 

The family C asisted yesterday. They´re progressing really well and it was their second time in church. We hope that they can get baptized for the 28th of March. 

I´ve been studying a lot more the Bible and it´s helped me double the strength of my testimony in this month. The majority of members don´t study much from the Bible, but it´s important to read it. Everything of the Church is in the Bible. Everything about the book of mormon, apostasy, restauration, authority, temple ordinances, are in the bible. I´ve learned a lot of things that I´m starting to put into practice and it´s helping us a lot as we can answer the questions of people. We had a story about that with someone we taught who is evengelical and studies the bible a lot. What we shared helped her comprehend the importance of the book of mormon and the restauration. 

Well that´s about it for this week. Hope you have a great week and I hope to hear from you next week!

-Elder Gomez

Amo ser misionero :)